20 Years on.... Delivering innovation and developing practice to deal with alcohol and drug issues in Northern Ireland.

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20 Years on.... Delivering innovation and developing practice to deal with alcohol and drug issues in Northern Ireland

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opportunity youth _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ OY is the leading provider of support services to young people, adult offenders and their families in Northern Ireland

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opportunity youth _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ OY worked with almost 20,000 people last year & approximatley 129,000 over the last 20 years Primary provider of alcohol & drug services to young people - AD:EPT, CHILL, DAISY East, DAISY West & Targeted Education Largest provider of alcohol & drug services to adults – AD:EPT & Community Support

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1999 OY commences drug & alcohol service delivery in Hydebank YOC 1 st Voluntary Sector organisation to provide this service within the prison estate QUB – Dept of Criminology (O’Mahony, D. 2003) Use of drugs within the centre decreases by 19% Access and availability of support and advice increases by 25% Increase in information on drugs and adverse effects by 17%

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2001 OY offered the opportunity to deliver therapeutic mentoring as an intervention to engage and motivate young people to change behaviour in relation to their drug & alcohol use 1st adolescent drug & alcohol treatment service in Northern Ireland is piloted CHILL...

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CHILL Evaluation (Courtney, R. 2004) The client survey provided considerable evidence that major improvements were brought about by the CHILL service. Of particular significance are the following: 100% Decrease in the number who missed 7 or more days at school or work due to substance abuse in the previous 4 weeks 100% Decrease in weekly spending on solvents 99% Decrease in the number of times clients overdid it on drugs 95% Decrease in the number engaging in vandalism 94% Decrease in the number joy-riding 90% Decrease in dangerous activities 87% Decrease in number of days per week inhaling solvents

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85% Decrease in amount of money spent on alcohol each week 77% Decrease in the number engaging in theft 76% Decrease in the number of days clients take drugs per week 76% Decrease in the number of clients in trouble at school/work due to alcohol/drugs/solvents 75% Decrease in the number having unprotected sex 73% Decrease in the number who described their health as poor or very poor 72% Decrease in the number of days clients overdid it on alcohol

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65% Decrease in being a victim of violence when taking alcohol/drugs/solvents 60% Decrease in level of violence when taking alcohol/drugs/solvents 59% Decrease in risk-taking in past 4 weeks 58% Decrease in anger/aggression when taking alcohol/drugs/solvents 58% Decrease in the number of days clients overdid it on solvents in past 4 weeks 56% Increase in the number who had not felt low or depressed in past 4 weeks 55% Decrease in number of clients with high or very high anxiety in past 4 weeks 49% Increase in good confidence/self-esteem

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The impact of Mentoring as an intervention is highlighted as statistically significant in 3 important areas: Reducing the frequency of young people overdoing it on alcohol Reducing the number of days that young people take drugs Reducing the money that young people spend on alcohol

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2003 OY commence the delivery of the 1 st alcohol and drugs throughcare service for young offenders in NI QUB – Dept Criminology (O’Mahony, D. & Chapman, T., 2005) Sample: 138 young people aged 18-21years  2% of participants claimed to have given up drinking alcohol post-release.  Over two fifths of participants (44%) had reduced the amount of alcohol they consumed  Only 15% of participants said they were drinking more  Over one third of participants (38%, compared with 67% of pre-release participants) often went on drinking binges  One third of participants (33%) said their key worker had helped them reduce their alcohol consumption

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2006 Procurement of drug and alcohol services commences... CHILL expands from Belfast & South Eastern Trust areas to Western Trust area

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2008 Procurement of drug and alcohol services develops... Opportunity Youth with partners develop the 1 st multi-component intervention treatment service for young people offering mentoring, counselling, family support, systemic family therapy and therapeutic groupwork DAISY....

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DAISY Highlights: 98% reported positive changes in their lives 86% demonstrated a reduction in alcohol use 79% demonstrated a reduction in drug use 98% reported an overall positive change in their family

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AD:EPT Highlights: 95% reported a positive change in their lives 80% reported a reduction in their drug use 97% stated they would recommend AD:EPT to others in a similar position 61% stated that they would change their alcohol alcohol behaviours on release

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2012 Opportunity Youth successfully apply to BIG’s Impact of Alcohol Fund OY develop the 1 st shared care dual diagnosis model of service delivery for young people in Northern Ireland CAMHS/DAAMHS support the work of DAISY in the Belfast Trust area

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‘Change is the law of life and those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.’ John F. Kennedy

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The Future... Keen to continue to lead and develop innovative practice based on continuous learning Recently tendered for One Stop Shop initiative – awaiting outcome Completed 2 nd stage application to BIG’s Impact of Alcohol regional awards – awaiting outcome Continuing to offer holistic services to all – which will ALWAYS include an alcohol & drug input